October 28, 2013 in art journaling, journaling | Permalink | Comments (7)
After reading this post, over at Alexandra Franzen's blog, I couldn't get the concept out of my head. I loved it. It's totally in alignment with what I'm trying to go towards when I say living "all in". It's not that I want to do more (or in her analogy, lay more bricks) necessarily, but that I want to do more specifically with my big picture in mind as the end goal (laying bricks for my house). I think I've spent many years laying down good bricks that don't belong to my building, and it's ended up sort of creating a house that's not what I want to live in. (If I'm even making her analogy make sense here.) Like I've said before, hard to figure out if it's a brick one should pursue if you don't have the big picture of what the life you want looks like clear in your mind. The clearer this becomes a necessity, the more I wrestle with it in my mind. It's an ongoing process. But for some reason, the way she stated it resonated with me.
I'm not sure where I picked up this thought, someone smart somewhere. Nothing knew in concept, but I like that phrase, "be a developer of order", so I wrote it down. I need more order in everything: my life, my business, my brain- hahaha.
Just some thoughts as of late that have made their way to my art journal.
Here are some more recent pages:
This one is probably the most important reminder to myself. With all these thoughts about what I want my days to look like, what a dream life would be, can't forget to really enjoy the now, because, as we all know, there really might not be a chance to even get there, even if I'm crystal clear about what it is.
And then of course, there's this one, which has it's own value too as a note to self. ;)
Yadda yadda yadda, blah blah blah, get on with it already Pam!
And so I shall...
October 21, 2013 in art journaling, journaling | Permalink | Comments (6)
I made this journal page late one night after seeing this instagram by Liz Lamoreaux. I got it instantly and totally loved "all in". I then linked to her post about it here, and was so inspired by that little 7th grade Liz lip synching her heart out; I totally remember those days and feeling that way. Living "All In". Yes.
The concept really hit a nerve with me. In the best way. I want to live all in again. I ordered this bracelet from Liz in honor of that little girl that lives in me, as a daily reminder. I think I just might have found my One Little Word for 2014...
(yes, well, two little words technically)
Here's to regrouping and choosing to live All In. Not exactly sure when I started living seventy five %? half? some quantity less than all in, but it has gone on long enough.
Thanks Liz, for stirring something deep inside me, and inspiring a change.
Let's go!
October 10, 2013 in art journaling, journaling, products i like | Permalink | Comments (9)
Oh, I hope you're having a happy Saturday! I am quite enjoying mine. I woke up this morning so grateful to have found myself at the tip top start of the weekend. Although I have so much I feel I "should" be doing, I decided that I was going to play first anyway. Getting some art in first makes the chores less chore-like, right?!?
One journal page I said to myself. Just little dabs of paint so that they wouldn't go to waste.
Do you see the Edwardian lady silhouette? Looks like maybe she's full of hot air, or blowing a bubble...love her little scarf tied around her neck.
I never clean my paint jar when changing the water, I think it's pretty with the bits of color on it, who needs a clean as new brush container?!? Certainly not me.
Ok, one page turned into two...
I had the paint, had to use it!
All the black outlining and loop making was done after the paint dried with the WRICO pen I blogged about last post. And hey, look what Pam, a fellow lover of letters and pens sent me after reading it:
Very cool to have a good look at some actual instructions, thanks again Pam!
Hope you get to get some creative time in this weekend. You know I'll be sneaking in some more if at all possible!
October 05, 2013 in art journaling, journaling | Permalink | Comments (2)
Another quote I like written in my art journal. This one encouraging us not to wait until we feel "ready". Another thought habit I'm guilty of.
Always something to work on...but that's what enables us to be able to have that second act of life mentioned in last post.
And speaking of the last post, Paulette was kind enough to email me more discussion on the F.Scott Fitzgerald quote, thank you Paulette! :
Fitzgerald Might Disagree With His 'No Second Acts' Line
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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:
You've likely seen or heard a news story in recent years that began something like this: F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote, there are no second acts in American lives. But Fitzgerald clearly never met - fill in the blank.
It seems a whole generation of American politicians has fallen from grace only to rise again and disprove the line: Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, Eliot Spitzer. And just last night, South Carolina's newest congressman, Mark Sanford.
Here's the catch: many Fitzgerald scholars and enthusiasts cringe when they hear this kind of thing, because they say it's getting the line wrong.
To explain, we're joined by Kirk Curnutt, vice president of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Society. Welcome to the program.
KIRK CURNUTT: Thank you for having me.
CORNISH: So I understand the line actually appears in two different works by Fitzgerald?
CURNUTT: Yes, ma'am. It shows up in the unfinished novel that was posthumously published called "The Last Tycoon" in 1941, where it's just that line sort of dashed off in the middle of a bunch of working notes. But it actually dates back earlier, to about 1932, where it's used in a very different way. And I think that way is probably more in line with Fitzgerald's thinking throughout his life.
CORNISH: Which is? What was the main thinking there?
CURNUTT: Well, it shows up in an essay called "My Lost City," which is a beautiful sort of testament to New York and was actually very popular in the aftermath of 9/11. The line he says here is: I once thought that there were no second acts in American lives, but there was certainly to be a second act to New York's boom days.
Clearly he's sort of saying, well, I once believed this but I've been proved wrong. And I think that's what really gets most of us who are Fitzgerald fans is that line is always quoted as saying, well, how naive was Fitzgerald to have said there are no second acts in American lives, when he himself was only a couple of years away from what many people consider the greatest second act in American literary history.
CORNISH: What do you think that Fitzgerald would have made of these political characters that we've been talking about? It's become such a kind of cliche of American politics, in particular.
CURNUTT: Sure. Well, I think they would have said that's exactly how he intended that line, sort of ironically. It's interesting because "My Lost City," the essay in which the line first shows up, really does address this in some way - not necessarily in the political context. But it does say that we are always caught between the past and the present, and we carry the burdens of both.
And for all that these politicians do find new successes in life, they are always remembered for their past failures. And no matter what the future bodes for Mark Sanford, we'll always remember him for what happened three or four years ago.
CORNISH: One other thing. I mentioned in the introduction that, you know, people cringe when they hear this sort of thing. But do you? I mean, as someone who obviously, you know, is a scholar of Fitzgerald, what's your reaction when you hear that line thrown around?
CURNUTT: Well, I have to be very honest. Of all the beautiful lines that I adore that F. Scott Fitzgerald ever wrote, this is the one I really hate. I wince when I hear it, partly because it's used as a way of saying how sort of naive and shortsighted he was. But also, because for those of us who really adore Fitzgerald, the problem with that is we don't like our man to be cynical.
Fitzgerald was an optimist. For all that he went through in life and for sort of how low he was at the end of his life, he really did - like Jay Gatsby - believe in the green light. And he was trying to be optimistic to the core. I think he thought that "The Last Tycoon" would be his second act, that it would reinvent him if he could finish it.
It's a very different book than "The Great Gatsby." I'm not convinced it would have been better than. But it would have been a new and different and mature Fitzgerald. And I think that's part of the reason that we object to it, is it just seems like it's so out of context.
CORNISH: That's Kirk Curnutt, vice president of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Society. Thank you so much for speaking with us.
CURNUTT: Thank you for having me.
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I wrote today's quote in my journal using the WRICO pens I instagrammed a week or so ago. After showing them, I received some questions about them on my facebook page, so as promised, here's a little more info on them for those interested.
I stumbled across mine when I stopped in SCRAP in Portland this sumer. I had no idea what they were, but the super cute wooden tube, the writing "Lettering Pen" , and the cost of 25 cents made buying them a no brainer.
I brought them home and there they sat. I looked at them a few times but couldn't figure out how to use them. I googled and did a youtube search with no useful results found. I believe that they were made and used in the mid 1900's, mostly by architects and engineers. How to use them, I couldn't figure.
Then, one day Katherine Jalaty posted an instagram about using one she bought at an estate sale and was kind enough to tell me how to use it. Awesome.
She drops 4-5 drops of ink into the opening at the bottom of the pen, and then pulls the top plunger up and down until a drop came out of the pen tip, then, leave the plunger up and write, pushing it down to stop the flow of ink.
I did what she did and then had lots of fun:
I loved the pens instantly, but then felt that I possibly broke one, the needle inside seemed stuck. I started examining them and realized that although I thought I had a size 5 & and size 7, in reality the tips on both were size 7. I still can't tell you how they work, but here are all the parts below. There is a pen barrell, a nib tips that have a size on them, and needles, that seem to have a size as well. They also seem very delicate, but the lettering is smooth and fun.
When doing research to post here, I saw a photograph of an old instruction manual somewhere on the internet which said that you put the pen in the ink bottle and pull the plunger up to fill, but I've tried it and haven't had good results, so I'm using it the way Katherine does. It also said not to leave ink in the barrell at all, so I am sure to use up all the ink before putting the pen away.
Where you see the flooding above is mostly where I ran across that pen already on the page.
And now you know as much as I do about these vintage pens. A quick search on ebay brings up several, and probably etsy too. I know I'll be keeping an eye out when out in the world for the other sizes myself!
October 04, 2013 in art journaling, journaling, quotes | Permalink | Comments (1)
I loved reading this guest post by Emily P. Freeman this morning which led me to this post by Jeff Goins which was also thought provoking material. So much so that I immediately grabbed my journal and wrote some of it down.
Pick yourself. Stop waiting. Right!
I definitely find myself guilty of wanting things to come to me, find me, work out easily, vs. figuring out the way to make what I want happen all on my own, no matter how long or difficult the effort. I've been thinking about this all day long. I love a good thought to ponder.
I've been pinning some good quotes lately, and I think I'm going to start putting more of them down in my journal, they seem to resonate longer for me that way.
I've got plenty of pages ready to go:
I clearly didn't like this one by F.Scott Fitzgerald, not sure I should write down quotes I don't like.
I totally believe that there can be second acts in everyone's lives, that we can grow so much, and change, that it will appear to be a second act. Maybe I'm misinterpreting exactly what F.Scott meant, as it was out of context when I read it, and it refers specifically to "American lives", but really, the important part for me is my strong reaction and belief (need?) for it not to be true as I read it.
More reasons I love my art journals, they're not just a place for art discovery, but thoughts big and small about life live between the covers as well.
October 02, 2013 in art journaling, journaling | Permalink | Comments (7)
You don't have to be a regular visitor here to know that I have a love of color. My favorite color of all is white, creamy white, which I think is funny considering how crazy colorful my art always is. Maybe it's that white is a blank canvas or that it gives my brain and eye some rest. But no matter how much I love white, and want to live in neutral surroundings, I can't help but be inspired by colors, especially the combination of colors. Never knowing when my tastes are going to change when it comes to color and combinations I want to see, I experiment freely in my art journals to see what might come of it. Sometimes, I find combinations that thrill me, sometimes, not so much. Today, some of these combos were pleasing, some weren't, but it was all good fun, no matter the result.
I think that most of the colors today all came from inexpensive craft acrylics used as is or mixed with others. So all that experimentation didn't even cost much, hours of play for what? less than $5.00 I bet. I highly recommend it! ;)
September 18, 2013 in art journaling, journaling | Permalink | Comments (2)
Mary Ann sent me the link to the above quote because she knew I would love it. Here it is if you like it too.
September 11, 2013 in art journaling, journaling | Permalink | Comments (3)
We each had fresh journals with us. Mary Ann's above, mine below:
It was pretty heavenly...
I hope you have friends with shared creative passions that you get to spend time making art with. It's just so fun to create alongside each other. Classes are good for this too, (and a good way to find those friends as well). I love being alone, and creating in silence, with just my thoughts for company, but more and more I am learning how imortant it is to take the time (which most all of us feel we don't have enough of), to spend with other creatives, creating. Creative community is so good for so many reasons: fills the well, inspires, helps us feel understood, etc. It doesn't have to be a get-away, but finding a good deal and meeting somewhere felt extra conducive to keeping the focus on our combined interests.We shared inspiring videos with each other, new supplies, techniques and of course, just relaxed and played, laughed and listened and learned. Good stuff.
I'm of the opinion we should all do it more often; spending creative time with friends, as well as alone.
This page, previously done by Mary Ann, felt appropriate here (besides being so delicious to look at); every trip has a goodbye. I'ts always a bummer when it comes to an end, but I'm enjoying extending it by sharing here on the blog. Tomorrow I'll have more photos that include a few fun exercises and adventures we had.
Mary Ann is posting all about our "art retreat" over on her blog too, with yummy pictures and words. Go see!
August 31, 2013 in art journaling, journaling | Permalink | Comments (7)
My travel journal is growing in size. Love it when the edges start hinting at the fun going on inside. Since last posting, I've spent a lot of time working on it. I'm trying to keep my focus on finishing this one book, but of course, as soon as that happens, a million other to dos pop up, as well as other interests (non to dos, want tos). But I'm giving it a good effort.
Like I said before, what it's really doing is getting me super excited for the Bellissimo Viaggio Italia journaling class I'm co-teaching in Italy late September of 2014, where we are working on it daily, at the same time we're experiencing the trip. Lots of ideas coming at warp speed about supplies to provide the students with, as well as construction of the book, and the daily journey we'll be having itself. So good!
Anyway, here are some new pages or pages that you've seen but have been added to:
it's not a "giant duck" as my son has called geese since little, it's really a goose. this goose really does look like a duck...not sure if it quacks like one though ;)
to know me is to know that i love crepe paper, like , am crazy for it, so i was super delighted to find a few rolls that were different textures than the american and italian brands i have bought before.
still going to make some notes on the left side, but think i'll ask my husband to, so his thoughts and writing will be in the book too.
the giant photo page, always a favorite.
what's a travel journal without a map, right?
That's as far as I've gotten as of right now, but I hope to have more to show you (like the completed journal ?!?) soon!
One thing I have been thinking about, is how much I want this to be in chronological sequence, vs. other type journals I keep. I've also been thinking about the fact that my Project Life spread of this trip will likely have some photos that are the same, but mostly be totally different. I love that. This journal is more about our experience and thoughts, the country we're seeing, and documenting the travels/sights etc. whereas I assume my Project Life spread about this trip will be more photos of us, in Spain. I think. We'll see...
Have a good rest of the weekend! I'll be here, doing this, and loving every minute of it. Certainly brings the experience, thoughts, feelings from the trip flooding back, so really, I'll be here and in Spain for the rest of my day, just without the travel ;).
August 25, 2013 in creating, journaling, travel journal, traveling | Permalink | Comments (4)
Yesterday, I got out my Spain travel journal (I blogged the pre-trip journal here), and began working on it. So fun.
Out came the ephemera and other items collected along the way, like some leaves and flowers, a placemat, maps, tickets etc. and started printing some photos that I was sure I'd want to use. I'm using my new printer and I'm super pleased with it. Easy to set up, easy to use and great print quality. For my travel journal, I'm printing on this paper (easier to write on), and for project life, I'm printing on this paper, in case you were wondering.
I really didn't get to journal much on the trip, I mostly glued in paper finds or taped on postcards like on the page above and below.
I added some of Mary Ann's Cut & Paste Labels, knowing that I'd want to print and place a certain photo there when home.
Very little trip documenting went down while there, it's just hard for me when with my family to get my own time- even the down time is spent together. And that's fine. There's no reason I need to do it while there. Hello stamp is from here.
I must say, I AM very much looking forward to our class in Italy, where we WILL be constructing our trip journal together while there, enjoying indulging in the travel journal creation experience as it's happening. it's going to be a whole new experience for me and I know I'll love it.
I ended up tearing out a spread that I HAD worked on there, because it was out of date order, and bothering me. I'll add it using tape somewhere later in the book.
But now that I'm home, I got out some more goodies, like these arrow stickers, and these letter stickers, and these travel stickers, and these label stickers. I also got out this ink and this dip pen, this marker all shown below, and let the play begin!
I haven't gotten too far, but here's some shots of it currently:
So much more to go, and I still haven't even shown you any actual photos from the trip. So many pretty pretty sights there.
Another Spain travel journal installment soon...
August 22, 2013 in journaling, memory keeping, traveling | Permalink | Comments (7)
It's no secret that I love Jennifer Mercede and her art, but what you may not know is that we share a similarity in our approach to creating; a playfulness, a freedom, a focus on permission vs. specific processes. Of course, we both have our processess, and will share them- for both painting and art journaling, but we'll also be there to help you take the leap or loosen up or give you permission and encouragement to create the way your heart longs to.
Jennifer and I have taught together before and are excited to present new exercises and content on a new coast!
click here for a little more info about the class this October:
Recently, I visited her art studio and got to see some pieces up close and personal. Love love love.
This pet portrait of hers hangs in an animal hospital in Portland:
Of course, we had to play a little too while I was there. Here she is doing a blind contour of me:
and some of the art journaling and painting I was doing at the same time:
Can't wait to see who's able to join us!
To sign up, contact Dara Troshane:
July 22, 2013 in art journaling, creating, journaling, painting, teaching | Permalink | Comments (3)
Well hello! The craziness that the summer started with has been continuting. So much to catch you up on. No matter how crazy life is for me, I do seem to consistently play in one form or another in my art journal (or lately anyway). So I thought sharing some of my recent pages would make a good get-back-to-blogging entry.
I was cleaning of a brayer that had paint on it as a background technique on this page and the next you'll see. Love how the colors created so many instant layers.
Also loved this happy accident created by mark making on the page before it...the back of the page I was doodling on had a swath of orange on it and acted as transfer paper leaving some orange on the page behind it.
Yesterday I created this page and instagrammed it before I ended up painting over it completely a few times. Here's where it ended up:
I always tell my students that I am not attached to results in my journals, and they are not vessels of finished work, but a means to express myself and explore. Maybe seeing this transformation makes it easier to understand what I mean...
I'm telling you, my art journal helps keep me sane when life is doing it's best to put me in the looney bin! I AM developing an ecourse on art journaling, and have a couple live teaching engagements coming up to announce too, for those of you that are interested. I do hear you and appreciate the interest! But hey, I'd be the first to tell you, you don't need to take a class, if you have an interest at all, start playing, you might find it as comforting as I do!
July 10, 2013 in art journaling, journaling | Permalink | Comments (7)
On my way to help my daughter pack up her dorm room and move home for the summer, I stopped in Santa Barbara for some fun with friends. Mary Ann had found a perfect little cottage to rent with lots of table space for making messes and pretty pages. My friends Syd and Mary both live close, and I was so excited they could join us for some creating. I love each one of these three women and their amazing artists brains. I was so happy they all could meet. The biggest factor we all have in common is that we are all passionate about creating; it's such a gift to be in the company of those that feel the way you do, and it's great fun to feed off each other's ideas (and supplies) as well.
Above, Mary Ann is holding the most beautiful paper that Mary had. We all went a little nuts for it (evidenced in the mirror), and Mary cut it into fourths and gave us each a piece. Not sure I could have done that myself, but so glad she could!
Here are some more shots from the fun that was had:
I really can't wait to do it again. Art fun with friends, I can't recommend it enough. Whether you go away, stay in your house, meet at a park, facetime...whatever form, I highly encourage it. It's such a gift to share your passions with those that can relate!
June 26, 2013 in art journaling, journaling, traveling | Permalink | Comments (3)
I'd recently come to the end of my latest art journal, and found myself without the next. So hate not having one at the ready! I finally got busy and made a new one last night. Although finishing one is always bittersweet, having a brand new one is heavenly.
I sewed my own watercolor paper into an old music book I bought in Paris. The spine was sturdy and in great condition, so I left it in place and made four signatures to fit inside that existing width. I like to have as much paper in my journals as possible that allows it to still close flat.
I had to start playing in it right away, always need an "if found" note somewhere. Although I really have made more than 29 journals, some of them don't get counted when made. Not sure what my strange system is that qualifies one to be numbered and another not, I assume it has to do with size and purpose. Any books made for travel journal purposes aren't included, or small little sketchbooks either, for example. I guess I save my numbering system for the big, art play, visual journals, the ones for no purpose other than discovery and fun.
This morning I played in it some more:
It's hard to resist the call of the beautiful blank pages:
Sometimes I feel like I should slow down, that I don't want to fill it too quickly, but the truth is; that's silly, I can always make another! Why restrict creative impulses, right? Never know where they might lead...like the Martha Graham quote above says, "...keep the channel open." With a big book of white pages the channel seems wide open indeed!
June 11, 2013 in art journaling, creating, journaling | Permalink | Comments (11)
Oklahoma.
I love what my friend Mary Ann wrote on her post last night:
Of course, it goes without saying, that I'm thinking about the people of Oklahoma this evening. We all are.
And today as well.
Lots of times, I turn to my journal to capture some feelings, thoughts, as I did last night. I was downloading photos from the day's field trip and turned on the news for the first time all day, my journal was next to me on the couch here:
so I picked it up and used it.
For me, art journaling is not about the result, just the process. The above page is ugly to me, but allowing myself this method of processing information is a positive in my eyes.
Other times I use the pages to solidify a concept I've just read and am pondering:
Sometimes it's a "checking in" with myself method in the morning:
Sometimes it's about trying out new supplies:
{the pens referenced were: this pen, and this one, and this set of waterbrushes, and this pen too, as well as these, and this set of watercolors along with this one and this one too.}
Sometimes it's just playing with the materials I already have and enjoy using:
Or time with old loves; paper, scissors and glue:
or mixing the two types of materials:
Suffice it to say, I think there is no one right reason to art journal, just play time. And after, I sure do love seeing a whole bunch of pretty pages, like this:
May 21, 2013 in art journaling, creating, journaling | Permalink | Comments (5)
If you follow my instagram, you know I paid a visit to my friend Mary Ann yesterday. I had a lovely day at Moss Cottage and tried to capture some of it's beauty for you.
I snapped the above pics before Mary Ann realized I arrived and came out to greet me. We promptly began a garden tour. It's always fun to discuss plants and watering methods and transplanting and garden plans and future projects. We admired all the new growth most. Something so exciting about fruit appearing, no matter how old one is (at least for me anyway!).
I was focused on capturing the beautiful steps she tiled all by herself while she carried all my bags of art supplies in.
Perfect for a little house in the hills of LA.
We continued our garden tour on the back patio.
I was completely struck by the beautiful colors and healthiest succulents I've ever seen. We had plans for me to take many cuttings, but I realized on the drive home we never followed through on that, as always our plans exceed the time allowed. Next time!
We then moved inside for our usual exchange of various items we'd been saving for each other and as she went through my box of goodies, I snapped some of my favorite sights in her studio.
More beautiful colors everywhere.
This collection of water and sand and other items gathered all over the world is pure genius. I hope I remember to do it the next time I am somewhere special.
They are striking in a group but each on their own as well.
After a delicious lunch we settled down for an even more delicious dessert in the form of journal viewing and play.
(And no, that does not say what it seems to say on first glance!!! I didn't realize it until the funny instgram comments alerted me to it. Look at it again, you'll see what I mean.)
We were especially focused on sketching and watercoloring, as her dreamy travel journal from her recent trip to Umbria was front and center in both our minds (and the table too). I truly can not wait for her class on it, she already had much to share I want more! So many fun different rabbit holes for us all to go down, even within the world of travel journaling. I love that about art, endless possibilities.
We discussed different pens and ended up trading a few, tried all different watercolor sets while discussing what colors and brands would make the best travel set, did a few blind contour sketches (I can't show mine here because I don't want to embarrass her, mine were so much better than hers haha- let's just say that I don't think either of us captured the fact that we were drawing a human, let alone each other), and did a couple excercises in shapes and patterns. Just play and just perfect.
And like every other time I've visited, I left with a desire to return SOON. Art time with friends, so so important. Sometimes I forget how much. Sometimes I think I don't have the time. I'm glad I have these pictures of me taken by Mary Ann to remind me it is, and I do. Always, always time well spent!
{Ed: for a much funnier and less truthful version of my visit go here}
May 17, 2013 in art journaling, creating, journaling | Permalink | Comments (10)
The journal page above was actually from the other night. It's been a long week already (think I started with a bad attitude on Monday and kept it going), and the other night I sat on the floor with a pad of construction paper and scissors and a glue stick and had fun fun fun. Here's another spread from that night:
The Target Kid Made Modern line of construction paper has great colors.
Anyway, this morning when I woke up a funk had set in. Not enough sleep, need to drink more water, excercise more yadda yadda yadda. Nothing big, just worries, real and imagined, too much to do, headache, etc.We all have those days.
Usually, if I wake up grumpy I can adjust my attitude with a little art journal play. So I grabbed some paints and my journal with that in mind.
I even tried a change of location from the usual, this time sitting in the dining room. I didn't make it into the TimerCam app pic haha:
Obviously, I didn't shake the focus on my mood much!
Silly girl.
So I grabbed my camera to head outside and capture some things that made me happy and sat down for a bit. Luckily, Jennifer called about some future teaching trips we have in the works and we had a long art filled conversation. During the phone call I began to doodle and then started painting on the pages too:
It was a looooong phone call ;). And just what my funk needed. The colors didn't hurt either.
Art journaling worked it's magic on me once again. (And friendship too, of course.) So grateful I started doing it all those years ago, can't imagine my life without that form of play and expression. If you've always thought about it, but never done it, I say take the leap and join all us art journalers out here in the fun!
May 02, 2013 in art journaling, creating, journaling | Permalink | Comments (4)
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